Thesaurus results for NEO-PAGAN

neo-pagan

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Definition of neo-pagan

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Recent Examples of neo-pagan As journalist Margot Adler has shown, some neo-pagans believe that ancient societies that worshipped mother deities were more peaceful than cultures with patriarchal religious traditions. — Marie-Claire Beaulieu, The Conversation, 5 May 2026 The ultimate goal, then, seems to be nothing less than the complete supplanting of MAGA with a new political movement—an angry, ultra-conspiratorial, unbiblical, neo-pagan movement of misfits and their hangers-on. — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

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The list no longer includes atheists, Unitarian Universalists, pagans and Wiccans.

— Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Toward the end of our call, Ochoa tells me his mother, who raised him as an atheist, recently had a religious awakening.

— Charles Moss, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of atheist

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The list no longer includes atheists, Unitarian Universalists, pagans and Wiccans.

— Tiffany Stanley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Women carry these on their heads in a festival every four years, incorporating pagan and harvest rituals into Catholic celebration during the Festa dos Tabuleiros (Festival of the Trays) in late June or early July (next up in 2027).

— Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of pagan

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Jihadis are not flocking to battle Israel or the United States, and the former Syrian jihadis sitting in Damascus seem to prefer attracting foreign investment to fighting infidel powers.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
In Arabic the word kafir or kaffir has been used to refer to infidels, or non-believers in Islam.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026

Definition of infidel

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The evangelical Christian is trained early and often in the art of calling attention to their faith, in ways that might risk the irritation—but also pique the curiosity—of a nonbeliever.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
That principle protects believers and nonbelievers alike.

— David Williamson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026

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